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Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Below is a sample of the letters sent to House
appropriators. As reported from the subcommittee, the spending bill would
prevent EPA from moving ahead with this important smog-fighting plan.

July 31, 2013

The Honorable Debbie Wasserman Schultz United States House of Representatives 118 Cannon House Office Building Washington, DC 20515

Dear Congresswoman Wasserman Schultz:

The undersigned organizations are writing to strongly urge you to oppose and work to remove any language in the Interior appropriations bill that would impede finalization and implementation of the Tier 3 Motor Vehicle Emission and Fuel Standards.

Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Here is a good briefing paper from emission control makers. It spells out why it's a terrible idea to include an amendment or "rider" to a spending bill that would block the US EPA from moving ahead with its smog-fighting "Tier 3" clean-car, clean gasoline plan:

Issue Section 451 of the draft House Interior Appropriations bill (see page 138 of draft1) prevents EPA from using any funds from the FY14 appropriation to finalize, implement, administer, or enforce the Tier 3 rule or any other successor rule that would require a reduction in the sulfur content of gasoline. 1 http://appropriations.house.gov/uploadedfiles/bills-113hr-sc-ap-fy2014-interior-subcommitteedraft.pdf 2 Schink, George R. and Hal Singer. 2012. Economic Analysis of the Implications of Implementing EPA’s Tier 3 Rules. Online at http://naviganteconomics.com/docs/061212%20Economic%20Analysis%20of%20the%20Implications%20of%20Tier%203%20Sulfur%20Reduction%20Final_embargoed%20copy.pdf

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